Re: Why would AI want to be friendly?

From: Brent Allsop (allsop@fc.hp.com)
Date: Wed Sep 06 2000 - 09:27:46 MDT


"Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net> commented:

> Since the SI will start from a seed, and its only sources of
> information will be those of human civilization, it will, at least
> until some point, exhibit strongly anthropomorphic characteristics,
> which may or may not decrease as the SI's knowledge base exceeds
> that of our civilization by increasing rates.

        Why do you not consider the "SI" as part of civilization?
Things will happen at ever increasing rate as we approach the
singularity, but this will occur for all of civilization right?
Why/how would it occur to just one seed program all alone?

        Brent Allsop



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